Category: story

A Doctor’s JOY Prescription for a New Mom

February 3, 2020

Thanks so much to Jeanee Seljestad James, for allowing me share her beautiful art and story here at Joy-Based Living! Big love, Happy D! At the time I made this, my twin daughters were two. I was madly in love with them and enjoying every moment of being their momma. I was also completely overwhelmed, … More A Doctor’s JOY Prescription for a New Mom

Trauma, Spirituality and Power – a Trifecta of Taboo – WOOHOO!!!

January 31, 2020

I was fired once. And only once. A Hebrew school principal who decided I wasn’t religious enough to continue teaching at her Sunday School kindly asked me to leave. I actually admired her and to this day, I haven’t quite figured out how she figured me out. My job was to teach 8 year olds … More Trauma, Spirituality and Power – a Trifecta of Taboo – WOOHOO!!!